How often do you use emojis? Once a week? In every message? According to research conducted by SwiftKey, 74% of Americans report using emojis every single day and nearly half of all comments on Instagram include at least one emoji. This week, the company published their first ever "Emoji Report," looking at over 1.5 billion emojis across 16 different languages to see how people are using them across the world. As we replace words with emojis more and more frequently, it looks like studying trends in usage is now a key aspect of how we communicate with one another and worth taking a closer look at.

Within the U.S., Swiftkey took a look at state-by-state usage and found some interesting (and wacky) results. California ranks highly for the taxi emoji (unsurprising when you consider the fact that Uber and Lyft were both founded in the Golden State), with sushi, ramen, lemons, sunsets, and bikes also up high on the list. Hawaii is perhaps the most predictable, with surfing, rainbows, waves, pineapples, and volcanos all used more than in other states. New Yorkers are using the Statue of Liberty emoji (another duh) and the flexing bicep more than any other state. As for the sports emojis: Vermont-dwellers are using the skier the most, Delaware has claimed the football, South Dakota got soccer, D.C. took the runner, and Iowans are using the swimmer. It's fun to click through and look at each map's overall emoji usage. (Washington state seems nice to us!)

On a global scale, the report found some interesting trends as well. Apparently, French really is the most romantic language in the world and French-speakers are using four times as many heart emojis as speakers of other languages. Americans have the highest LGBT emoji use (hooray!) and Australians are using the naughty (think alcohol, drugs, and junk food) emojis the most.